• DHARA 2023 (Driving Holistic Action for Urban Rivers), annual meeting of RCA members, was held recently in Pune.
• The DHARA event this year has strong synergies with the Urban20 initiative under the ambit of India’s G20 Presidency.
• DHARA provides a platform to co-learn and discuss solutions for managing local water resources.
• RCA is a dedicated platform for river cities to ideate, discuss and exchange information for sustainable management of urban rivers.
  • It focuses on three broad themes- Networking, Capacity Building and Technical Support.
• RCA includes cities from both Ganga basin and non- Ganga basin states.

RCA is a partnership of Ministry of Jal Shakti and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.